“A multimillionaire succeeded yesterday in stopping the woman whom he divorced nearly 30 years ago from claiming a slice of his fortune after she fell on hard times.”
The Times, 26th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A divorced woman faces being forced from her home of more than 20 years after a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that deals struck by former wives when they split with their husbands are not safe from creditors.”
The Times, 20th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A wealthy retired builder was ordered to pay more money to the woman he divorced nearly 30 years ago after a judge heard she had “fallen on hard times”, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.”
The Times, 28th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A lobby of children’s experts and charities accuses the Government today of failing to protect young people from the ’emotional fallout’ divorce and separation.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The marriages of couples who meet on the internet are posing a problem for the courts when they go wrong, a senior judge said yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“It was a ruling that alarmed wealthy husbands across England by establishing London as the divorce capital of the world for wives.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“London has become the divorce capital of the world, according to the City’s top lawyers following a Court of Appeal ruling to uphold the largest divorce settlement in UK history.”
Legal Week, 31st May 2007
Source: www.legalweek.com
“In ancillary relief proceedings where the court was carrying out the statutory exercise under s 25 of the 1973 Act, consideration of the “sharing principle” was no longer required to be postponed until the end of the statutory exercise, and sharing had become a principle rather than a ‘yardstick for use as a check’.”
WLR Daily 24th May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“An overhaul of the law on how to split a divorcing couple’s assets was urged by senior judges yesterday as they ruled that a woman can keep her £48 million award – the biggest ordered by British courts in legal history.”
The Times, 25th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A millionaire businessman has lost an appeal over a £48m divorce award made to his former wife.”
BBC News, 24th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An online divorce company this week became the first to advertise its services on UK television, offering to arrange settlements for as little as £65.”
The Times, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Family home is at risk from trustee after court transfer
Chancery Division
“Where an interest in property was transferred under a property adjustment order in matrimonial proceedings by a spouse who was later made bankrupt, the transfer could constitute a transaction at an undervalue and be set aside on application by the trustees in bankruptcy.”
The Times, 14th May 2007
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“Former wives risk losing their financial settlements if their ex-husbands are made bankrupt within five years of a divorce, the High Court has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hill and another v. Haines [2007] EWHC 1012 (Ch)
“Since an applicant for ancillary relief under ss 23 to 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 did not give consideration in “money or money’s worth” within the meaning of s 339(3)(c) of the Insolvency Act 1986 for relief obtained, any transfer of property made by a bankrupt ex-spouse pursuant to either a court order made in the ancillary proceedings, or a settlement agreement, was a transaction at an undervalue and would be set aside on application by the trustees in bankruptcy.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2007
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“Thousands of divorcees risk seeing their assets plundered to meet their former spouses’ debts after a landmark ruling that they are no longer protected from his or her creditors when they split.”
The Times, 10th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Keeping court informed in overlapping jurisdictions
Court of Appeal
“In cases involving overlapping proceedings in different jurisdictions there should be someone on each team who was able to inform both courts of the progress of the case in the other jurisdiction.”
The Times, 25th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“A judge has criticised the ‘grotesque waste of family resources’ by a couple who have spent £1.5m in lawyers’ fees on their divorce battle.”
BBC News, 20th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Wives divorcing high-earning husbands in the UK are not entitled to an unlimited share of their future income, a high court judge has ruled in the latest ‘big money’ case involving wealthy City of London figures.”
Financial Times, 13th April 2007
Source: www.ft.com
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